Tobacco use and cessation among medical students in Croatia - Results of the Global Health Professionals Pilot Survey (GHPS) in Croatia, 2005

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-117

  Vrazic, Hrvoje ^a   Ljubicic, Divo ^b   Schneider, Nick Kai ^c  

^a University of Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health profession; Medical students; Smoking; Tobacco; Tobacco use cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS PILOT SURVEY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 42349095048     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-008-7005-5     Document Type: Article

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